Creative economy
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Azuka Theatre's season of pay-what-you-decide ticketing
What price art?
Azuka Theatre's 2016-17 pay-what-you-decide season will depend entirely on the kindness of strangers (and friends). Alix Rosenfeld examines the pros and cons of this approach.
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What changes when working artists become parents
The art in parenting and parenting in art
Seth Reichgott speaks with a few of Philadelphia's theater artist/parents about the ways in which having children affected their careers.
Seth Reichgottand Illustration by Mike Jackson
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Drexel University's 2016 student fashion show
Back to fashion's future
Drexel University fashion design program is now ranked third in the nation. Former designer Stacia Friedman muses about what might have been.
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Tom Purdom on income inequality and the creative class
And the geek shall inherit the Earth
Is the rise of the creative class also one of the causes of the rise in income inequality? Tom Purdom makes a compelling case.
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Should artists run their own galleries?
Stayin’ alive (and stayin’ creative)
What draws artists to Philadelphia? The relatively low cost of living is one obvious answer. But so is the prevalence of co-ops— galleries where artists themselves have a stake in the ownership of the business.
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The Philadelphia Design Center opens in West Philadelphia
Affordable working space for theater professionals
The new Philadelphia Design Center offers a coworking space that gives theatrical designers both space and access to high-tech design aids.
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3 minute read
Fresh Artists hosts the first Cool Jobs Expo
Middle-schoolers meet the creative economy
Fresh Artists, which supports art education in underfunded schools, held a job expo that introduced middle-schoolers to artists working in a variety of mediums.
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3 minute read
Performance Garage gets city grant
A $500,000 grant from the city will help Performance Garage with much-needed upgrades.
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The Wilma Theater Transformation Fund
Transforming in plain sight
The Wilma Theater is reinventing itself inside and out. With a new name and upgraded façade, a café open to the public, new rehearsal space, and a training program for a resident company of actors, the theater wants to transform how theater is made and how it interacts with the community in which it resides.
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Flashpoint Theatre Company calls it quits
Flashpoint Theatre was founded in 2004 to produce socially provocative and emotionally resonant works of contemporary theater while supporting diverse, emerging artists. Financial support for that mission has dried up, and the company is disbanding.
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